Broom-holder



' proved holder.

UNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

THOMAS B. STONE, CLARENCE OSMITH, AND PRESOOTT A. SMITH, OF CAMPTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRooM-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,183, dated August 29, 1893.

Sen'al No. 425,011. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS B. STONE, CLARENCE C. SMITH, and PREsoo'rr A. SMITH, citizens of the United States, residing at Gamptown, in the county of Bradford, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new'and useful improvements in devices for holding tools, brooms and other like articles, where it is desired to have some means for-holding the same whereby they may be readily inserted and removed and still firmly held in the required position. We so construct the holder that we obtain the resiliency of the wire throughout its entire length, and we get a torsional eifect which tends to firmly grasp the handle and yet permit of ready separation of the jaws to permit the insertion of the handle therebetween. We secure the holder at opposite ends of its supporting portion with portions flat and substantially parallel with the board or support, so that when the jaws are spread they tend to twist the wire that so lies flat against the board or support and readily assume their normal position after the handle has been inserted or removed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this speciiication, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of our im- Fig. 2 is a sectional detail showing one manner of securing the end of the wire.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both views Where they appear.

In carrying out our invention we take a wire and bend it any suitable-way to form the jaws A A which are arranged in parallel relation to'each other with their outer ends turned outward from each other to facilitate insertion of the handle, being on a compound curve, preferably, and at their inner ends the wires of the jaws are turned at right angles to the jaws and substantially parallel with the board or support B upon which it is held. The arms a. are extended in opposite directions from their junction with the jaws as seen in Fig. l, and at their extreme outer ends are held to the board or support B. If the holder is formed of a single piece of wire the arms at one end are provided with a bend or loop a which is held to the board or support by a staple or eye or analogous device C and at the other end the ends of the wire are held in the board as for instance as seen in Fig. 2 where they are shown as driven through the board and turned parallel with and seated in a recess in the back side of the board. They may be otherwise held. The ends may be turned inward toward each other as seen by dotted lines in Fig. l and then driven into the board or support. The board should be provided with holes as b to receive the screws or Vother means employed to secure it to a wall or other support.

The salient feature of the present inventionV is the arrangement of the arms and jaws so that a torsional twist is given to the wire as the handle is inserted and removed. The arms lying flat against the board or support rock or turn in their normal plane and, having a long bearing, there is no danger of distortion or breakage. It is preferable though not absolutely essential that the jaws be arranged substantially centrally between the end attachments of the arms as shown in Fig. l and the arms of the jaws lie in substantially the same plane as the arms a, whereby greater strength is attained with lighter material.

What we claim as new is- The herein described broom holder consisting of the supportB and a single piece of wire having at its center a loop a held to said s upport near one end thereof bya staple and the ends of the wire bent and extended into and held in said support, .the said wire being formed intermediate of its two points of connection with the support with jaws `A A arranged in planes parallel to each other with theirl outer ends turned outwardly and arms a extended at right angles to the said jaWsin opposite directions, uncrossed and lying dat for their entire length against the outer face of said support whereby rigidity is secured and the desired torsional effect produced, substantially as herein shown and specified.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS B. STONE. CLARENCE C. SMITH. PRESCOTT A. SMITH. 1Witnesses:

JOHN G. KEELER, E. A. STRONG. 

